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Eble JN, Sauter G., Epstein JI, Sesterhenn IA - iarc

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Fig. 2.19 A Infiltrative urothelial carcinoma. Urothelial carcinoma with trophoblastic differentiation. B Trophoblastic differentiation of urothelial cell carcinoma.<br />

Syncytiotrophoblastic malignant cells with high grade urothelial cancer. C Infiltrative urothelial carcinoma. Urothelial carcinoma with trophoblastic differentiation,<br />

HCG immunostaining.<br />

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mosomal alterations were found in 30<br />

additional families with at least 2 affected<br />

individuals {22}. Interestingly, patients<br />

with sporadic urothelial carcinomas<br />

revealed a higher mutagen sensitivity<br />

than controls whereas patients with<br />

hereditary bladder cancer demonstrated<br />

no increased mutagen sensitivity {21}. A<br />

small increase in bladder cancer risk<br />

was demonstrated for polymorphic variants<br />

of several detoxifying enzymes, like<br />

NAT2 and GSTM1 {700,1624}.<br />

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Fig. 2.20 Infiltrative urothelial carcinoma. A Clear cell variant of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder.<br />

B Clear cell variant of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder.<br />

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Fig. 2.21 Infiltrative urothelial carcinoma. A, B Urothelial carcinoma, lipoid cell variant showing the characteristic<br />

lipoblast-like features of proliferating cells (H&E). C Urothelial carcinoma, lipoid cell variant with<br />

immunohistochemical expression of cytokeratin 7 in most proliferating cells. D Urothelial carcinoma, lipoid<br />

cell variant with immunohistochemical expression of epithelial membrane antigen.<br />

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B<br />

D<br />

Somatic genetics<br />

The genetic studies to date have used<br />

tumours classified according to WHO<br />

Tumours Classification (1973) and further<br />

studies are underway to link available<br />

genetic information to the current classification.<br />

It is assumed that invasive urothelial<br />

cancers are mostly derived from<br />

either non-invasive high grade papillary<br />

urothelial carcinoma (pTaG3) or urothelial<br />

carcinoma in situ. On the genetic level<br />

invasively growing urothelial cancer<br />

(stage pT1-4) is highly different from low<br />

grade non-invasive papillary tumours<br />

(Papillary Urothelial Neoplasm of Low<br />

Malignant Potential, Non-Invasive Low<br />

Grade Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma).<br />

Chromosomal abnormalities<br />

Invasively growing urothelial bladder<br />

cancer is characterized by presence of a<br />

high number of genetic alterations involving<br />

multiple different chromosomal<br />

regions. Studies using comparative<br />

genomic hybridization (CGH) have<br />

described an average of 7-10 alterations<br />

in invasive bladder cancer {2188,2189,<br />

2191,2418,2419}. The most frequently<br />

observed gains and losses of chromosomal<br />

regions are separately summarized<br />

for cytogenetic, CGH, and LOH (loss of<br />

heterozygosity). Taken together, the data<br />

highlight losses of 2q, 5q, 8p, 9p, 9q,<br />

10q, 11p, 18q and the Y chromosome as<br />

well as gains of 1q, 5p, 8q, and 17q as<br />

most consistent cytogenetic changes in<br />

these tumours.<br />

The large size of most aberrations<br />

detected by CGH or cytogenetics makes<br />

104 Tumours of the urinary system

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